Lol what a surprise, the official TCG banlist for the March 2012 season was posted up yesterday, with absolutely no deviance from the OCG banlist that was revealed a few days prior. Wonderful. That's great, really. /sarcasm
I obviously don't agree with a lot of the choices that they made, save for upping Torrential Tribute to 2 and banning Trap Dustshoot, but I can understand why they made most of them, at the very least...
Neither Spore nor Glow Up Bulb are really banworthy (Ok, Bulb makes Plaguespreader look like a joke, but still), but coupled with the limiting of T.G. Striker and The Agent of Mystery Earth, it almost seems like Konami is trying to push the XYZ mechanic even more, or rather, forcing players to abide by it, by hitting arguably the current 4 most popular tuner monsters (except for Effect Veiler). Trishula, one of the most powerful synchro monsters ever created, was hit as well, though I find it to be an unnecessary banning, as the banning of Spore and Bulb along with the semi-limiting of Reborn Tengu, already significantly increased the likelihood that it would be a 3-card investment, rather than 'almost free', due to the abuse of floaters and tokens.
I don't know what to say, it just seems like Konami's really pushing for a theme-oriented and XYZ-heavy meta, seeing as how they hit a bunch of tuners and essentially killed off Plant Synchro, the only non-themed Tier 1 deck with an aptitude for performing synchro summons that still existed in competitive play. RIP you will be missed.
In regards to the semi-limiting of Lumina and Smoke Signal, 2 very controversial decisions, it seems likely that it was done to sell product, given how the original Six Samurai monsters and a bunch of Lightsworn monsters were reprinted not too long ago in the Legendary Collection 2, and again just recently in the Ra Yellow mega pack.
On a side note, in contrast to past evidences, Konami was actually fairly timely with their release of the Top 32 decklists from YCS Atlanta. They can be found here. I'll award some points for timeliness, but their coverage as a whole is still atrocious and leaves a lot to be desired.
In terms of the decklists though, I'll be honest and say that I don't really agree with some of the card choices that certain players made. Seeing as they topped though, well, they must have done something right, despite playing what I personally perceive to be non-optimal builds.
This ban list confirmed this whole forcing Xyz thing that Konami were suspected of doing. Stuff like Orient Dragon is an Indirect attack at Synchros, but in terms of actual hate by Konami themselves, this List is concrete proof of it. Glow-up bulb was never broken and neither was spore. Dandylion was always the enabler and should have been the one thrown in the fire. Plus it's 1 card instead of 2, which Konami should be trying to reduce the size of the list to reduce complications for new players.
ReplyDeleteTrishula was just OCG players being hurt since we have been coping with it for the last year quite well.
Ugh so many problems with this list I feel I'm going to go on hiatus any day now.
Yup, Dandy is the problem IMO. Free token generator etc
DeleteI don't like it either, but I don't think I'm going to completely stop playing; E-tele to 2 is amazing
E. Tele to 2 and Instant Fusion to 3 = any Synchro monster Lv 5/6/7/8
DeleteAnd it also equates to 3 draws for my opponent if he/she drops Maxx "C" :(
DeleteI am still rather shocked to see empty jar in the tops again.
ReplyDeleteConsidering he was playing Tour Guides, he probably was able to throw off a lot of people, as to what he was actually playing
DeleteI still hate this kind of deck with a passion, but it is what it is
The banlist is based on the ocg metagame. bulb and spore are gone due to junk dopple and quasar loops, trishula is gone to loops with it as well, tg striker and the earth are gone due to agents being all over the place in japan. Darkworlds weren't hit, since no one plays them in the ocg, inzektors just came out, so they weren't hit for whatever, and wind-ups and jurrac rabbit aren't doing much in japan
ReplyDeleteJunk Doppel isn't doing a whole lot in the OCG tbh
DeleteThere's still Rabbit Laggia decks here and there in the OCG so idk lol
Gotta get me some Des Wombats!
ReplyDeleteThe person who played Empty jar not only had luck, but skill with them as well.
You better show them when you go to the US to participate in the YCS. Show those wanna be's how a Canuck beats a Bruin.
Oh wait, did that ever happen?
Not sure if serious. I am NOT going to play Empty Jar loool.
DeleteUh kind of, but then they dun goofed in Game 7 and it was gg
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